Shloka 85

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

हस्तिकक्षो हासौ कृष्ण केतु: कर्णस्य धीमतः । दृश्यते राजसैन्यस्य मध्ये विचरतो मुदा,“उधर वह सूृंजयोंकी विशाल सेना भी महासमरमें विदीर्ण हो रही है। श्रीकृष्ण! वह हाथीकी रस्सीके चिह्नसे युक्त बुद्धिमान्‌ कर्णका ध्वज दिखायी दे रहा है। वह राजाओंकी सेनाके बीच सानन्द विचरण कर रहा है

Transliteration

hastikakṣo hāsau kṛṣṇa ketuḥ karṇasya dhīmataḥ | dṛśyate rājasainyasya madhye vicarato mudā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Kṛṣṇa, that banner of the wise Karṇa—marked with the emblem of an elephant’s tethering-rope—is clearly seen. It moves about joyfully in the midst of the kings’ host, while the great battle rages and the Sṛñjaya forces are being torn apart.”

Word by Word

हस्तिकक्षःelephant-girth/elephant-rope (mark/name)

हासःlaughter; (as a name/epithet) Hāsa

कृष्णO Krishna

केतुःbanner; standard

कर्णस्यof Karna

धीमतःof the intelligent/wise (one)

दृश्यतेis seen; appears

राजसैन्यस्यof the kings' army/royal host

मध्येin the middle

विचरतःof (him) roaming/moving about

मुदाwith joy; joyfully

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Karṇa

Karna's banner (ketu)

Elephant-tether/rope emblem (hastikakṣa)

Royal host/army of kings (rājasainya)

Sṛñjayas (Sṛñjaya forces, implied by the accompanying narrative)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes